Schizophroida hilensis ( Rathbun, 1906 )

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Schizophroida hilensis ( Rathbun, 1906)

Schizophrys hilensis Rathbun, 1906: 882 , fig. 38 [type locality: Hawai‘i, also from Maui, H.I.; syntypes: USNM 29794 ].

Additional Hawaiian Is. records:

Schizophrys hilensis Rathbun, 1906 — Edmondson 1925: 31 [Pearl and Hermes Reef, Laysan, Necker]. — Pesta 1933: 280 [H.I.]. — Brock et al. 1965: 14 [ Johnston Atoll]. — DeFelice et al. 1998: 16 [Midway Is.]. — Coles et al. 1998: 15, 25 [Kaho‘olawe]. — Coles, DeFelice & Eldredge 1999: 155 [O‘ahu].

Schizophroida hilensis ( Rathbun, 1906) — Griffin & Tanter 1986: 238, fig. 68c, d, pl. 19 [O‘ahu, Hawai‘i] .

Schizophroidea [sic] hilensis ( Rathbun, 1906) — Coles et al. 1997: C–74 [O‘ahu]. — Hoover 2006: 269, color photographs [O‘ahu, Hawai‘i].

Schizophorida [sic] hilensis ( Rathbun, 1906) — Coles et al. 2001: 272, 334 [O‘ahu] — Coles, DeFelice & Eldredge 2002b: 143, 224 [O‘ahu] — Coles, Reath, Longenecker, Bolick & Eldredge 2004: 1379 [Kaua‘i, Maui]. — Coles et al. 2008: 48 [Lāna‘i]. — Coles & Swenson 2010: 88 [Lāna‘i].

Remarks. The tropical Pacific populations represent at least two undescribed new species distinct from the

Hawaiian populations (P.K.L. Ng & T. Naruse, personal communication).

Taxonomy. Griffin & Tranter (1986), Komatsu (2011)

Geographical distribution. Tropical Pacific Ocean, temperate southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Habitat. Shallow subtidal to 100 m.